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Buhari to Commission Nigeria’s First inland Dry Port in Kaduna on Thursday

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Thursday, January 4, commission Nigeria’s first inland dry port in Kaduna. The President will also commission 10 new coaches and 2 locomotives for the Kaduna – Abuja train service. This was disclosed in a tweet from Kaduna State Governor, @GovKaduna, on Tuesday.

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Peace Corps Bill arrives presidency for President Buhari’s assent

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2018

The Nigerian Peace Corps Bill has arrived the Presidency for a possible assent, Ita Enang, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on Senate, has confirmed. “The peace corp bill has just been forwarded to the president and it is undergoing the standard procedure,” Enang said in an interview on Tuesday. According to him, copies of the […]

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Buhari meets Amaechi, Muslim leaders in Aso Rock

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. The meeting between Buhari and the Minister, who is a former Governor of Rivers State, was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Basir Ahmad made the disclosure via his Twitter handle. According to Ahmad, the president also […]

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Octogenarian dad of oil magnate kidnapped for the second time

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2018

The Benue state Police Command, on Tuesday, confirmed the kidnap of an octogenarian and father of business mogul in Benue State, Pa Atser Kyausu. This is the second time Pa Kyausu who is father of Makurdi-based oil businessman, popularly known as Kyabiz, would be kidnapped. He was first abducted two years ago at his residence […]

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Trailer driver, conductor killed as cultist take over Port Harcourt-Owerri road

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2018

A trailer driver and his conductor have been shot dead by suspected cultists along the Port Harcourt-Owerri road. It was gathered that four others who were travelling in a commercial bus have also been kidnapped in what seem to be cult-related in Omerelu Community. Eyewitnesses say there was a lot of shelling between rival cult […]

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$1billion security fund is enough to build more schools, boreholes, factories, youths, women and farmers’ empowerment – Labaran Maku

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2018

A former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, on Tuesday reacted to the $1billion fund earmarked for anti-terrorism war by the Buhari administration. Maku, a 2015 gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nasarawa State, spoke with newsmen in Wakama, Akun Local Council Development Area. He said, “As a former minister of Information […]